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DE QUEEN BEE.
EVANS A WINFORD, Proprietors.
DE QUEEN, • • • ARKANSAS.
Mims Frances E. Willard, as presi
dent of tlie World’s W. 0. T. U., on the
Bth, accepted the resignation of Mrs.
Josephine llutler as superintendent of
the Purity department.
The Paris Figaro declares that Pres
ident McKinley’s message is “an act of
war,” ami says: "Should it pass from
words to deeds, it is possible that Spaiu
will not sustain the fight alone.”
Comma ndkk-in-Chikf Gorin of the
Grand Army of the Republic has called
a meeting of the executive committee
of the national council, to be held in
Cincinnati, on the 15th, to fix the date
of the next uatioual encampment.
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The British war office has sent an
order to Dublin for the sharpening of
all swords anil bayonets in the posses
sion of the regular troops in Ireland.
The order is unprecedented and a per
fect mystery to both olfieers and men.
The great six-day bicycle race at
Madison Square garden, New York
city, had narrowed itself down, on the
10th, to 15 riders. Miller still retained
a lead of nearly 100 miles over Rice,
the Witkesbarre miner, who was sec
ond.
Failures throughout the United
States during the week ended Decem
ber 10, as reported by R. G. Dun it Co.,
were 312, against 330 for the corre
sponding week last year. For Canada
the failures were 20, against 43 last
year.
lion. Charles Fleishman, of Cincin
nati, sufferjd a stroke of paralysis, on
the oth. aud his couditiou was consid
ered serious. He had a slight stroke
while with his yacht iu New York har
bor during the summer, but had been
attendiug to busiuess as usual siuce his
return home.
A DISPATCH from St. Petersburg says:
“Throughout Russia in Asia there is
general unrest among the Moslems.
It is attributed to the exaggerated re
ports of the Turkish victory over the
great Greek empire which have
spread through the length aud breadth
of the continent.”
The bill which has been pending in
the Georgia legislature for some time
looking to state supervisiou aud more
humaue treatment of the state con
victs was defeated, on the 7th, leaving
the question of the disposition of the
state's convict* at the expiration of the
present lease unsolved.
A dispatch from Rome, ou the 9th,
said: "The completion of the cabinet
which the Marquis di Rudini is en
deavoring to form, still depends upon
the willingness of the Marquis Veuos
ta, minister of foreign affairs iu the
late ministry, to accept the foreigu
portfolio iu the uew cabinet.
The state of Indiana has undertaken
tostop the waste of natural gas which
has recently become enormous through
the prospecting for and production of
oil. Au injunction iu the name of the
commonwealth is asked. The Ohio Oil
Co. is made the defendant in the suit,
which is regarded as a Lest case.
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It was announced, on the 7th, that
F. W. Seward, of Eddy, N. M., had
purchased the famous Home ranch of
ex-Senator S. W. Dorsey, at Chicos
Springs, Colfax county, N. M., includ
ing the palatial residence he built for
Col. Robert G. lugersolJ, and will con
vert it into a sanitarium for consump
tives.
The annual report of the secretary
of the treasury, sent to cougress ou the
7th, showed Liiat the total receipts for
the year ended June 30, 1307, were
£430,378.178, and expenditures §443,-
430,023, leaving a deficit of £18,052,454.
The receipts of the year, however, ex
ceeded those for the year 1800 by £20,-
011,750.
The Chinese government has caused
it to be made known that up to the
time of the German occupation of
Kiao-Chau bay no claim was made by
Germany for reparation as a result of
the murder of the two missionaries,
Niesaml llenuie, and that there were
no other differences between the two
governments.
Rey. Du. John Atkinson, pastor cf
the Methodist Episcopal church at
llaverstruw, N. Y., died at tiiat place,
ou the Bth, aged 03 years. He had held
pastorales iu New Jersey aud Chicago,
aud Hay City aud Adrian, Mich. He
was the author of the hymn “We Shall
Meet Beyond the River,” aud of numer
ous works ou church affairs.
In the mail bags which went out
from New York ou the St. Haul, on the
feth, were 9,0J0 foreign mouey orders,
amounting to £24,554. These orders
are for Christmas presents, and most
oi them go to Norway and Sweden.
These are usually followed, about a
week later by those sent to Germany,
and afterwards by those for Great
Britain and Ireland.
A Disi’ATUH froili Vienna, on the Sth,
said: "It is expected that Emperor
Francis Joseph will shortly issue de
crees prolonging for a year the status
quo between Austria and Hungary re
garding the sharing of imperial expen
ditures, budgetry and other essential
matters. Too government is also con
tinuing the negotiations for a settle
ment of the language question.”
Fall Riveu (Mass.) manufacturers,
at a special meeting, on the Bth, voted
to reduce the wages of operatives.
The cut will not be less than ten per
cent, aud will affect about 25,000 em
ployes. The cause of the reduction
was alleged to be the depressed coudi
tition of the cotton market, which did
not permit print cloth to be manufac
tured for the price prevailing, which is
the lowest on record.
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CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS.
In the senate, on the flth, the attendance, both
upon the tloor an 1 in the cilleries, was large.
The reception an I reading of the president's
message, which was listened to with marked
attention, was the only feature of the day's
proceedings. In the house the opening day
of the regular session was without unusual in
cident of any character. The reading of the
president's message was s imowhut tedious yet
received close attention. Immediately after the
reading the house udjourne l out of respect to
the memory of Senator George, of Mississippi,
and Representative Wright, of Massachusetts,
who hud died during the recess.
In the senate, on the 7th, Mr. 11. D. S. Money,
of Mississippi, was swan in. Several res
olutions and eis hills, many of them private
pension bills, were introduced In the house
the two hours' session was largely occupied in
a lively skirmish over the question of distribut
ing the president's message to the various com
mittees cloth d with jurisdiction over the sub
jects dealt with.
In the senate, on the Bth, many memorials,
resolutions and bills were presented. Among
the resolutions presented was one declaring
that the United States should recognize the
political Independence of Cuba. At the end of
un hour's si'ting the senate adjourned out of re
spect to the memory of Representative Wright,
of Massachusetts In the house, during
a 15-minute session, the pension appropriation
bill was presented, and the various committees
on elections and the committee on banking and
currency were given leave to sit during the ses
sions of the house.
In the senate, on the tfth, a considerable
amount of business was done, though no meas
ures of Importance were i onsidered or passed,
and there was very little debate. Forty-live
private pension bills were passed In the
house the session was devoted to consideration
of the pension appropriation bill.
Tub senate was not in session on the
10th In the house the pension appropria
tion bill was passed without amendment. As
passed, the bill oarries 4141,283,880. During the
discussion, which took a wide range, the civil
service law was savagely attacked by several
members. An attempt to secure unanimous
consent io the passage of the bill to prohibit
pelagic sealing by American citizens met with
objection.
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.
Although "The Bells of Corneville”
have souuded melodiously on nearly
every stage iu Europe, l'astor Brehan
of the church iu Corneville calls atten
tion to the fact that there is nothiug
but an old tinkler to be heard in Corne
ville. The pastor suggests that the
ater managers should give a perform
ance of “Les Cloches de Corneville” for
the benefit of his church, and devote
the proceeds to the purchase of a peal
of bells.
By an explosion of fire damp in the
Clear Spring coal mine at Pittston, Pa.,
oil the 6th, ten men were eutombed,
Out seven of these, after hours of ef
fort, were extricated from their peril
ous position. The remaining three
were reported as doomed, if not al
ready dead.
Pr is deemed significant in Berlin
that 120 volunteers, including a num
ber of members of the aristocracy, like
Count Von Kessler and the prince of
Timm and Taxis, are to accompany
the expedition to Kiao-Chau bay, with
Prince Ilenry of Prussia as its com
mander.
Walter Croot, of Newcastle, En
gland, who was defeated for the ban
tam-weight championship of the world
at the National Sporting club iu Lon
don, on the 6th, hy Jimmy Barry, of
Chicago, died, on the 7th, of injuries
received during the contest
On the Sth the supreme court of Cal
ifornia dispelled the last hope of W. 11.
T. Durraut, the murderer of Blanche
Lumont and Minnie Williams, by dis
posing in a summary manner of his
two appeals adversely to the con
demned.
The comptroller of the currency, on
the Bth, authorized the Franklin na
tional bank of Franklin, ()., to begin
business. Capital, £50,000.
The plate glass factory at Elwood,
Ind., employing 800 hands, closed
down, ou the 7th, because of the re
fusal of the polishers to accept the
change to payment by piece work in
stead of by the week.
On the 7th Emperor William ordered
the number of volunteers for Ihe China
expedition to be increased to I,OJO men.
The London Chronicle, commenting
on Ambassador Hay's happy talk at
the Omar Khayam club on the great
Frisian poet, remarks that “the United
States has assuredly never, not except
ing Mr. Loweil, been represented by a
stronger, more charming and more cul
tured personality than Mr. Hay.”
Not later than January 1, 1898. every
wire mill in the United States may he
controlled, if not owned, hy one com
pany. with a capitalization of £125,-
009,(190. The mills for producing the
rods from which wire and wire nails
are made are also to be taken into the
trust.
President Simon Sam of Hayti, in a
proclamation, says that Haytl’s gov
ernment had determined to resist Ger
many to the end, hut that expected
! support was withheld, and for that
reason submission was tlie only course
left.
A Faris dispatch says that the ro
opening of the Dreyfus ease is ren
dered improbable, if not impossible,
by reason of tlie alleged connection of
the wife of Maj. Esterhazy with the
chief of the general staff of the French
army.
John Haklong, the aged farmer who
V7as tortured and robbed of (800 by
three masked men at Greeiitown, ().,
died ou the Bth. Il&rlong was 87 years
old. His principal wound was a deep
cut on the head, made by au Iron
wedge.
There will be attached to the pen
sion appropriation bill an amendment
which provides that uo woman who
hereafter marries an old soldi.,r will,
iu the event of the soldier’s dee,ih, be
entitled to a widow’s pension.
That Germany anticipates trouble
at nodistant date with Russia is mani
fest from the orders that have been is
sued by the war department at Berlin
for the immediate rearmament of all
the forts along the Russian frontier.
Edwin G. Noursk, engineer in charge
of the construction of the new railroad
bridge being built between Davenport,
la., and Rock Island, 111., was instant
ly killed, ou the Bth, by the fall of a
derrick.
Before sailing for Europe, ou the
Bth, aud encountering the perils of a
globe-trotter, George W. Vanderbilt
took out £1,000,000 insurance on his
life. The policy is the largest ever is
sued by any company in the world.
John Schwinnkn, aged, out of work
aud despondent, jumped from the high
bridge to the frozeu surface of the Lin
coln park (Chicago) lagoon, on the Bth,
and broke bis way through to death iu
the cold waters.
Harry 11. Adams, ex-treasurer of
Kings county, N. Y..died in Brooklyn
ou the Utli. An indictment for misap
propriation of funds was hanging over
Mr. Adams’ head aud bis bondsmeu are
being sued in civil action to recover
£BO,OOO.
Thomas O’Neill and John O’Brien,
two longshoremen, were run down by
an Illinois Central train iu Chicago,
ou the Uth, and fatally iujured.
Rear-Admiral Joseph F. Green, U.
S. N. (retired), died at his home in
Brookline, Mass., on the Uth, from a
complication of diseases.
James llabtie, for many years
captain of the Thames Rowiug club,
died iu Loudon, on the Uth.
Mr. John Lougurohougu Pearson,
the distinguished architect and mem
ber of the Royal Academy, died in Lon
don on the 10th.
Gen. Von Buelow, of the artillery
branch of the German army, died in
Berlin, on the 10th, of influenza.
The text of the definite treaty of
peace between Turkey and Greece,
which was published in London, ou
the 11th, contains about 2,000 words,
including two protocols, referring, re
spectively, to the commercial conven
tion and consular immunity. The
treaty amplifies the preliminary peace
terms, all of the points of which have
already been published.
A great sensation was caused, on
the 10th, by the posting broadcast of
red placards, even in the inner town
and Hofburg.of Vienna,inscribed: "No
Augsleich,” "Abolish the Language
Ordinances,” and "German is the
National Language.” The police tore
the placards down.
The board of naval bureau chiefs, on
the loth, recommended that the little
Pinta, which has done so much service
in Alaskan waters and is now at Mare
Island navy yard, be condemned aud
sold, as the repairs urged as necessary
would cost more than the value of the
craft would warrant.
On the Uth Gov. McCord of Arizona
telegraphed the secretary of war, pro
testing against the abandonment ol
Fort Whipple, suggested in the last re
port of tlie war department.
United States Ambassador Col.
John Hay and Mrs. Hay dined with
Queen Victoria at Windsor castle on
the evening, of the 10th. and spent the
night at the castle.
Police have expelled a number of
anarchists and have made many house
to-house searches in Berlin, Frankfort,
Mayence and Munich.
LATE NEWS ITEMS.
Grover Cleveland passed through
Washington on his way south, Friday,
on a duck shooting trip.
The house committee on interstate
commerce will hear arguments on the
anti-scalping bill December 17.
Andrew Lundeen, aged 70, a well
known citizen of Galva, 111., was in
stantly killed by a switch engine.
Boggs it Dozier’s store at Red House,
Ky., together with the post office, was
burned. Loss, (5,000; insurance, £2,-
000.
The grand imperial council of the
Red Cross, Knights of Constantine ol
Illinois, met in annual session at Peoria
Friday.
Congressman Curtis will try to secure
a £IO,OOO appropriation to establish a
school for the Kickapoos in Brown
couuty, Kas.
Marshal Blanco gave a reception at
Havana, at which Consul-General Lee
aud the newspaper men were the
guests of honor.
The Ohio State Federation of Labor,
in session at Columbus, passed a reso
lution indorsing the proposed postal
! savings bank plan.
Excitement has been caused at Vien
na by the posting of red placards pro
nouncing against the Augsleich and
language ordinances.
While William Meyers, a miner, near
Hartsborne, I. T., was racing his pony
against a bicyclist he was thrown, and
received serious injuries.
Seven cars of a train laden with holi
day goods were wrecked on the Kansas
City, Fort Scott & Memphis road six
miles north of Osceola, Mo.
A Paris murder mystery has been
solved. Bank Clerk Ltimore was assas
sinated by a mushroom grower named
Carrara. The body was cremated.
Joseph Summers, one of the oldest
settlers in Scott county, ill., and ;i
former prominent business man at
Winchester, died Friday, aged 78 years.
Joe Ballard, chief inspector of the
Santa Fe car department, was run over
by two ears in the railroad yards south
of Albuquerque, N. M., and his body
cut in two.
The proprietors of the Meridian
(Miss.) fertilizer factory have perfect
ed plans for the erection of a first-class
cotton-seed oil mill, which will have a
capacity of 80 tons.
The grain elevator of W. D. Castle At
Co., at Gridley, 11l , was destroyed hy
tire Friday night, together with 15,00(1
bushels of corn and oats. The los*
amounts to (8,000; insurance, 3,500.
ARKANSAS STATE NEWS-
Arrangements Completed.
President Hinsey, of the proposed
Springfield. Little Rock & Gulf (Smith
bill) railroad, arrived in Little Rock ou
the 10th inst. from the east, and an
nounced that work would be commenced
within ten days on the Little Rock and
Dardanelle branch, which, under the
provisions of the land grant bill, is
to be completed and equipped by June
20, 1808. Mr. Bouslog, treasurer of the
company, and P. L. Dougherty, chief
engineer, accompanied Mr. Hinsey. In
au interview with a reporter for a local
paper Mr. Hinsey made the following
statement, which is short and to the
point:
We aro here to build a railroad. The news
papers must not ask us to talk tootnueh, for we
are here to work, and not to talk. The money
has been secured and the contract signed for
every mile of the system privlded in the bill.
Mr. Bouslog and myself will make Little Rock
headquarters and give our personal attention
to the construction of the road. Work will
begin at the Little Rock end of the line within
ten days, or as soon as we can consummate
the necessary negotiations for the construc
tion contracts. Further than litis Ido not care
to express myself, except to say that every
mile of the 450 miles contemplated in the Smith
bill will be completed In a shorter time than
the bill concedes.
The Smith bill provides that the com
pany shall begin permanent construc
tion of its roads by December 20, 1897,
and complete and equip the road from
Little Rock to Dardanelle by June 20,
1898; that by December 26, 1899, it shall
be completed and equipped from Dar
danelle north to tlie Missouri state line,
west to the line of the ludiun Terri
tory, and to the city of Hot Springs;
and to the Louisiana state line by June
26, 1900. The company is to receive
1,000 acres of land for each mile of the
main line, and 1,000 acres for each mile
of any branches constructed as feeders
of the main line, provided tlie same be
not less than 20 miles in length, and
that they be equipped and in operation
by June 26. 1902. The dates for the be
ginning and completion of the road to
each and every point mentioned are
mandatory, and in the event the com
pany fails to complete the road within
the time specified it forfeits its right
to all lands.
Gave Arkansas the Worst of It.
Commissioner Vincenheller is not at
all pleased with the treatment accorded
Arkansas by the Cattlemen's associa
tion at their St. Louis convention, which
he attended as a delegate, and has
I given out the following statement rela
i tive to their action in placing this state
south of the cattle quarantine line:
1 Wnen I got to St. Louis I found that a meet
ing had been held at Fort Worth, Texas, last
September, to which Arkansas was not invited
and of which we were not even apprised. At
the meeting a course of action was determined
upon, and a resolution adopted whtch gave
Arkansas the worst of the bargain, and this
I resolution is what I found the enemies of Ar
kansas’ interests insisting upon. By the terms
of the resolution the government quarantine
line, which throws 17 Arkansas counties, or
Ihe two northern tiers, outside the Infected
district, is made to conform with the Arkan
sas-Missouri state line, excluding Arkansas
entirely. There were nine states represented,
and of these Arkansas, Tennessee. Kentucky
and Wisconsin stood for a retention of the
government line, and Misourl, Oklahoma,
Texas Indiana and Illinois supported the Fort
Worth resolution. The Injustice of this course,
however, was made so manifest that Missouri
herself lost her four southwest counties,
Jasper, Barry, Stone and McDonald, which
were thrown below the line. The line ns
recommended by the committee describes the
arc of a circle, including a large part of Okla
homa as far south as Blaine connty, and a
large portion of Tennessee. The adoption of
such a line is clearly inconsistent, as all of the
Missouri border counties were reported to be
Infected with the cattle fever, against which
the line is designed to protect them, but a
majority of those reported as Infected were
retained above the fine, while those counties
opposite and just over the line in Arkansas
from which no report of Infection was received,
notably Madison. Carroll. Boone. Baxter and
Stone, were excluded. The whole thing was
packed against us. Another blow toour indus
try is the recommendation of a 60-day season,
from November 1 to January 1, instead of a
three-month season, from November 15 to Jan
uary 15, as it new exists.
State Convicts.
The state penitentiary board, in mak
ing disposition of the convicts for next
year, will stick to the plan of raising
cotton on the share-system and on
leased land. This plan will be adhered
to for the reason that the act of the
legislature authorizing the purchase
of a state farm promises no benefits.
It is provided in the act that the farm
purchased shall be paid for out of the
products thereon. Thus far the state
board has received no offers to sell
desirable farms upon the terms of the
act. No appropriation is available for
use in the purchase of a farm by the
state, and none of the members of the
board believe a purchase can be
effected under the provisions of the aet.
What Arkansas Contributed.
The report of the commissioner of in
i ternal revenue for 1897 gives some in
teresting figures. The total amount of
internal revenue collected during the
year was (146,619,593.47, and of this
I amount Arkansas furnished (90,674,57.
For the period covered by the report
43 illicit stills were seized and destroyed
within the boundaries of Arkansas, and
j 148 actions against violators of the rev
j enue laws were begun in the federal
courts of the state, an increase of 19
over 1890. There are in Arkansas 56
registered stills, 37 of which are in
operation.
The Lott Road.
Judge John A. Williams, of the Fed
eral court, made an order directing J.
j G. Lonsdale, receiver of the Little Rock,
Hot Springs & Texas railroad, to file
an estimate on or before January 15,
ls'.is, of the cost of completion of that
j t oad. This road is better known ns the
Lott road, and should Receiver Lons
dale’s report meet the approval of the
court the line will be completed.
A. Cohn Pardoned
A. Cohn, a former Little Rock mer
chant, who was convicted of obtaining
goods from wholesale merchants by
falsely representing to them his ability
j to meet his obligations, uml sentenced
to one year in the penitentiary, wus
pardoned by the governor.
Homestead Entries.
In the United States land office at
Little Rock during November there
were 78 homestead entries, embracing
8.168 acres, and 33 final proofs, embrac
ing 8,015 acres. The month's receipts
I were(1,327.90.
Gambling Devices in Saloon*.
Below is published the bill passed by
the last general assembly prohibiting
billiard and pool tables in saloons, cards,
dice or other devices commonly used for
gaming. The law goes into effect Jan
uary 1:
Section 1. That hereafter it shall be unlaw
ful for any keeper of a saloon or drain shop, or
wholesale liquor dealer in the state of Arkan
sas, to keep, exhibit, use, or suffer to be kept,
exhibited or used in his saloon or place of busi
ness, or in any adjoining house, place or build
ing subject to his direction or control, or in
which he may have any Interest, any musical
instrument of any kind whatever, for the pur
pose of performing upon, in such place or
places. Neither shall he or they permit any
fencing, sparring, boxing, wrestling or other
exhibition or contest of dexterity or strength
in any such saloon, dram shop or other place
as aforesaid.
Sec. That it shall be unlawful for any
person or persons to set up. keep, use or permit
to be used in and about bis drum shop, saloon
or premises, or to p«i mit any other person to
use or run in connection with such dram shop
or saloon, in any manner or form whatever, any
billiard table, pool table or other table com
monly used for gaming, bowling, tenpin allev.
or any cards, dice or other devices commonly
used for gaming or playing any game of chance.
And the keeper of such dram shop, saloon or
place, shall not permit to be kept or used in or
about his place of business any such tables,
cards, dice, musical instruments, etc., to be
played upon either for amusement, gain or for
any other purpose.
Sec. 3. That every person who shall violate
any of the provisions of this act, or suffer or
permit the same to be violated in or about his
place of business, shall be guilty of a misde
meanor, and upon conviction thereof, shall be
punished bv a tine of not less than 115 nor more
than (100, and iri addition thereto shall forfeit
his license and shall not again be allowed to
obtuiu license for a period of three years next
thereafter.
Sec. 4. That all laws and parts of laws in
conflict herewith be, and the same are hereby
repealed, and that this act take effect and be
in force from aud after January 1,18 M.
Double Murder.
At Roy, a small place 12 miles cast of
Jonesboro, a double murder was com
mitted on the night of the 9th inst.
In au old tenantless house, which was
used occasionally by tramps as a
place of shelter, after it had been set
on fire, was discovered the remains of
two men, whose bodies were burned
beyond recognition before they could
be taken out of the building. Late on
the previous evening three strangers
went to the store of the Towney Shin
gle company and bought some food.
Two of the men exhibited some money,
and said they were laborers look
ing for work. The skull of one of the
tnen was crushed in by a blow from
some blunt instrument, and the body
of the other showed several bullet
wounds. It is believed the bodies are
the remains of the two strangers who
exhibited the money in the store, and
that the man with them, after murder
ing and robbing them, set fire to the
building with the view of covering up
his crime.
Choked to Death.
The body of James Murray, constable
at Jenny Lind, Sebastian county, was
found a short distance from the public
road near the mining town of Bonanza,
and Grant Mcßroom, a miner, is under
arrest charged with murdering him.
Constable Murray arrested Mcßroom at
Bonanza on a charge of highway rob
bery, and started to Jenny Lind alone
with his prisoner. That was the last
seen of the officer alive. His hands were
securely tied, and marks about his
throat indicated tiiat he had been
choked to death. Mcßroom denies com
mitting the crime, and says they were
assaulted by unknown parties. When
discovered Mcßroom was only a short
distance from Murray’s body, and was
in an unconscious condition.
The Clayton Murder.
Chief of Police McMahan, of Little
Rock, recently received a letter from
a law firm in Georgia, which gives the
name of the man now in the peniten
tiary of that state who claims to be
able to unravel the mystery of John M.
Clayton's assassination at IMummerville
in 1897. The letter is said to contain
full details of the murder, as related to
the writers by the Georgia convict. The
chief refused to give out the contents
of the letter or the name of the convict
for publication, but it is said the man
is well Known in Conway and Little
Rock.
State Guard Appointments.
Maj.-Gen. Shaver, of tlie Arkansas
state guard, has appointed J. B. Fried
heim, of Camden, commissary-general,
with the rank of colonel, to succeed
Col. J. M. Phelps, transferred; H. A.
McCoy, of Pine Bluff, quartermaster
general, on the personal staff of the
major-general, to succeed Thomas W.
Newton, promoted to brigadier-general
to the reserve militia, and 11. L. Rem
ind, of Little Rock, to be senior aide
de-camp on the staff of the major-gen
eral, with rank of lieutenant-colonel.
Executive Clemency.
Gov. Jones lias extended clemency in
the following cases: T. J. Nutt. Polk
county, fined f 100, pardoned on condi
tion tiiat he pay 175 of the line; Fred
Josie, Polk county, JIOO of a (200 fine
remitted; John Rogers, Conway county,
fined (50 and sentenced to three months
imprisonment for petit larceny, par
doned; Joe I’atoeka, Pulaski county,
lined (25 and sentenced to 30 days im
prisonment. pardoned.
Work of M oonshiners.
A Little Rock dispatch states that
Albert Giles, a prominent citizen of
Van Buren county, while walking along
tlie road near Clinton, was assassinated
by some unknown party. Giles had
taken an active part in the prosecution
of moonshiners recently, and on sev
eral occasions had aided the officers in
locating stills in that section, which is
assigned as the cause of his murder.
Officers For 1898.
The following officerscf the Arkansas
Poultry associatian have been elected
for the ensuing year: President. Frank
Meek, Little Rock; first vice-president
B. B. Hustings, Pine Bluff; secretary
W. H. Westbrook, Pine Bluff; treasurer!
H. B. Mizell. The president will ap
point 11 vice-presidents iu various sec
tions of the state.
Both Dead.
Near Kavenden, Dee Brinkley and
another negro known as “Kid,” fought
a duel, Brinkley using his revolver and
his opponent a hatchet, uml as a result
both are dead.
R.var Improvementn.^^"'*''’
Capt. W. F. Sibert, in charge of ri f
Improvements in Arkansas, in *
port to the chief engineer at Washi**"
ton on a survey made by him of the A*
kansas river, expresses the opinion th
tlie dikes constructed by the g ov
ment above Dardanelle have not
jured or endangered the river banks?
their vicinity as to require
The report also discusses tUe plan
constructing an 18-foot life lock » n d
fixed dam at Rock Bar, on the St. Fra
cis, to secure slack water at Mariann°
and an additional lock and dam
Wittsburg, stating that in his opinio,
the experiment is impractible. i n C 0
elusion the report says: "A large no *
tion of the St. Francis valley U liabf'
to overflow from the Mississippi r j Ter *
On account of this and the cost of th
work, iu comparison with commerce
likely to be developed, I am of the opi n .
ion that the St. Francis is not worth?
of improvement by dams aud locks.” '
Took Desperate Chances.
William Clark, a convict, escaped
from au officer near Winslow, 40 mil*
north of Van Buren, by jumping f rom
a moving train as it was crossing t
trestle over 100 feet from the ground.
The train was stopped and the officer
made a thorough search, expecting to
find that his prisoner had been instantly
killed, but as his body could not be
found it is supposed he was uninjured
by the fall.
Beats Cotton.
A. F. Huntsman, a Pulaski county
farmer, on three-fourths of an acre of
land, raised 600 pounds of White Bur
leigh tobacco, which he sold for
cents per pound. Mr. Huntsman s&yi
his experience thoroughly demonstrates
the adaptability of the upland soil of
Arkansas for tobacco culture, and he
will put in a larger acreage next year.
THE STATE IN BRIEF.
Riceville is a new postoftice in Critten
den county.
A G. A. R. post was recently organ
ized at Brinkley.
Fort Smith will have an exhibit it
the Omaha exposition.
John C. Sheehan, the great Tammany
leader, was a recent visitor at Hot
Springs.
In a recentdecision the state supreme
court held that the ditch law is consti
tutional.
The populist state committee hai
been called to meet in Little Rock De
cember 28.
Grant Stanley, a cattle buyer, wm
thrown by a horse near Hamburg and
instantly killed.
Eleven persons were sentenced to the
penitentiary during the last term of
Miller county circuit court.
While working in a gin near Mam
moth Spring Pat Partee was caught in
a pulley and fatally injured.
Ben Tate, a Pulaski county farmer,
accidentally shot himself through the
head and died in a few hours.
Lulu Nichols, a negress, was con
victed at Texarkana of abandoning her
babe and sentenced to three years in
the penitentiary.
The foundry and machine shop* of
the State university at Fayetteville are
now thoroughly equipped with newand
modern machinery.
Gov. Jones granted a pardon to Jamet
T. Bond, sent up for six years from
Washington countv for violating the
age of consent law.
Burglars entered the Presbyterian
church at Jacksonville, Pulaski county,
and carried off all the song-books and
other articles of value.
The monthly meteorological summary
issued by the Little Rock bureau for
November records the first killing front
iu the state on the 17th.
Two Searcy county farmers emch
hauled a wagon load of apples to Little
Rock, a distance of 110 miles. The fruit
brought (1.25 per bushel.
Joseph Deutschman, an old citizen
and capitalist of Texarkana, died in the
Pius hospital, St. Louis, where he had
gone for medical treatment.
Jimmie Caldwell, the 13-year-old non
of a Jefferson county planter, while on!
hunting, was instantly killed by the
accidental discharge of his gun.
Col. M. G. Hall, ex-mayor of Little
Rock, and for a number of years a lead
ing merchant of that city, died on the
12th inst. after a month’s illness.
In a drunken row at Hot Springs
Henry Wise killed his companion by
cutting his throat. Both men were
tramps and the name of the dead row
is unknown.
The city council of Little Rock passed
an ordinance increasing the license on
every line of business 20 per cent, and
appropriated (3,000 for the mainten
ance of a public hospital.
An organized gang of cattle thieve*
have been operating in Crawford and
adjoining counties for sometime. They
were surprised by a posse of citizens
near Van Buren and fled, abandoning
a drove of cattle, their camping outfit
and several head of horses.
The suit instituted in the Federal
court in this state several years ago t>}
the heirs of Don Filhoil, u Sp“ nis
grandee, in which title was claime
to the hot water reservation and so® 6
contiguous territory at Hot Spring
based on u Spanish land grant, wasd |S
missed by the United States slip**®*
court for want of jurisdiction.
DEVIOUR DEFINITIONS.
Pillage—The urt of manufacture
pills.
Windmill—A hand organ for grin lD
popular airs.
Ink—A fluid used by the fc' v
lighten the many.
Secret Something a woman fr
some one to help her keep. ,7
Prudery—A wig sometimes ufi j
cover fnp baldness of character.
Scalper—A t icket broker who
fare or an Indian who raises huk'
Almanac—Tlie cemetery in whin
aged joke is finally interred.